भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

because of our thoughtlessness, the result is just the reverse. Only because Nepal did not get lost in the mire of foreign domination and slavery and because it kept itself aloof from the political upheavals in India, our frivolous history books mention that nation only in passing or never at all! 985. In order to rectify this spineless (dishonourable) perversion, we started a movement in India as soon as we were released from the Andamans in 1924 in respect of Nepal, as people well know. At that very time, we wrote a book on the History of Nepalese Movement! (नेपाली आंदोलनाचा इतिहास) and in it we gave an account of the brave history of Nepal and its role in the protection and maintenance of the independence of Hindu religion and culture. But now in this discourse on Hindu history, paucity of space prevents any such detailed account--and there is no need for it. In the early part of the tenth century and onwards, Nepal was governed by Newari Hindus. Thereafter, it was captured by some of the Rajputs who left Rajputana because of the Muslim aggression to seek fortune elsewhere. Gradually, these Rajputs spread up to Kathmandu, which they made their capital. The strong Hindu government which these Rajputs established there is the modern Nepal. This much reference is enough here to attract the attention of the Indian Hindus to its importance and to the homogeneity of race of Nepal with ours. 986. These Rajputs being strong worshippers and protectors of the cow (गोरक्षक), eventually came to be called Gorkha by caste. 986A. Although it refers to the more recent times, we should like to make a special mention of the fact that while the whole of India was being governed by the English, thousands of Gorkhas (Gurkhas) had joined the English army and in both the great world wars, they showed so much prowess and bravery and exceptional skill in fighting, that even the best soldiers in England, America and Germany, too, were astounded. Hence, today a Gurkha soldier has proverbially come to mean an excellent warrior! The latter half of Akbar's life 987. It has already been shown, in Paragraphs 946 to 954 of this book, what cruelty and atrocity Akbar resorted to in order to crush Hinduism and the Hindu rulers. Even those passing references alone are quite sufficient to prove that he was as fanatical and as fiercely inimical to Hinduism and the Hindu nation, as was either Allauddin or Aurangzeb.